Psychology Careers Festival 2023
- Careers and professional development
Welcome to our second BPS Psychology Careers Festival!
Our event platform is now fully booked but, for a discounted price, you can still buy a ticket to watch the event Live Streamed through YouTube!
This ticket gives you access to watch our full line up through a private YouTube link.
You won't be able to ask questions directly to our speakers, but we will be providing a link to a question drop form, where we will send your questions to our speakers afterwards.
Register for the live-stream here
About the festival
Throughout our six-day festival, we'll be hosting careers sessions across different online stages where you'll hear from inspirational speakers across a broad range of disciplines.
We'll have talks from a number of individuals at different stages of their career, from a variety of different backgrounds.
You will be able to explore the world of 'hidden psychology' - occupations where psychology is applied, and we'll be running workshop-style sessions so you can practice some of those key employability skills required, when transitioning through your career journey.
We will also be hosting an employability fayre, and sharing hints and tips with you about how you can best prepare for a career in psychology!
Main Stage
This is where you'll find our festival headliners. Come along to hear from key note speakers and take the opportunity learn about the impact psychology careers can have, and where different careers exist.
Pathways Stage
The Pathways Stage is your chance to dive a bit deeper into specific occupations within psychology. If you are looking to find out how to get into a particular area or want advice on work experience, funding, or other areas of interest, have a look at what is happening on this stage.
Inspirations Stage
The Inspirations stage will show case the many different applications of psychology across a wide variety of career pathways. If you're looking for some inspiration about what career might be right for you, head to our Inspirations Stage.
Learning Stage
The learning stage line-up will include events that support your professional development, and give you something to take away to help improve your career success. If you are thinking about ways to develop your skills and career skills, then this stage will have something of interest to you.
Local Stage
Here you will find details of events that might be happening within your local area or at your university. We will be announcing our local events throughout the coming months. Check the sign up details carefully as most events may only be open to students and graduates from that particular institution.
Main Stage
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10:00-11:00 - Opening Ceremony with Natalie Billing and Keynote - Dr Marianne Trent
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11:00-13:30 - My Super Mind - North West Branch
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14:00-15:30 - Division of Forensic Psychology - The What's and The How's
Pathways Stage
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11:00-12:00 - Find out more about clinical psychologists working with people with intellectual disabilities
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12:00-12:45 - A day in the life of a trainee occupational psychologist!
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14:00-15:00 - Educational and Child Psychology – The What's and The How's
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15:30-16:30 - Psychology's role in Safer Custody in prisons
Inspirations Stage
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11:00-11:45 - Careers in Performance - Plotting your Pathway
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12:00-12:30 - How Psychology interacts with Influencer Marketing?
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13:00-13:30 - Psychology and Social Work
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13:30-14:00 - Life after MSc in Health Psychology – The PhD route
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15:00-15:30 - Maths Anxiety and Women in STEM and Scholarship Opportunities.
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16:00-16:45 - Researching the weird and the wonderful in Psychology.
Learning Stage
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11:00-12:00 - Workshop - The Importance of Work Experience and Transferrable Skills
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12:30-13:00 - Psychology - so what can you do with your new skills!?
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14:00-15:00 - Employment Opportunity: College of Policing
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15:30-16:00 - BPS History of Psychology Centre
Main Stage
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10:00-11:30 - Division of Health Psychology Session
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12:00-13:30 - Division of Coaching Psychology Session
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13:30-15:30 - Division of Occupational Psychology Session
Pathways Stage
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10:30-11:30 - Spotlight on the different psychological services at HMP Fosse Way
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13:30-15:30 - A teaching and academic psychologist - The What's and The How's?
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16:15-17:00 - Psychologists as Educators
Inspirations Stage
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09:30-10:00 - Navigating the field of psychology - where to begin?
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10:30-11:00 - How to become and outstanding psychology teacher
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11:15-11:45 - Working in product management and a community start up
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12:30-13:00 - HMP Dovegate's Therapeutic Community
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13:30-14:30 - A career within the Civil Service, how Occupational Psychology fits in?
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15:00 - 15:30 - Psychological Researching in Industry
Learning Stage
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09:30-10:15 - Self-discovery: Why understanding yourself is becoming more important than ever before?
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11:00-11:45 - Workshop – How to develop your interview skills
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12:30-13:00 - Creating Better Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing: Empowering Leaders with Psychology
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13:30-14:15 - Employment Opportunity - Where roles within Beyond Autism can lead you
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15:00 - 15:45 - The BPS Occupational Psychology Stage 2
Main Stage
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09:30-11:30 - Division of Clinical Psychology Session
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12:00-13:00 - Keynote - Dr Helen Hughes
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14:00-16:00 - Division of Counselling Psychology "Days in the lives of Counselling Psychologists""
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17:00-18:30 - Employers Fayre
- BeyondAutism
- Think Ahead
- Pneuma
- Serco
- More TBA
Pathways Stage
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09:30-10:00 - A day in the life of a Sports & Exercise Psychologist
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11:00-12:00 - Psychotherapy Section Session
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12:00-14:00 - Division of Neuropsychology - The What's and The How's?
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14:00-15:30 - How does psychology influence and work within the political environment?
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16:00-17:00 - Recorded Session - Clinical Psychology Pre-Qualification Group
Inspirations Stage
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10:00-10:30 - Practising as a Counsellor
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10:45-11:15 - Designing and evaluating psychological interventions
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11:15-12:00 - What is a Trainee Higher Psychologist
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13:00-13:30 - The diverse applications of neuropsychology
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14:00 - 15:00 - Psychology and Fashion
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15:00-15:45 - Working in crisis, disaster and emergency response
Learning Stage
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09:30-10:00 - How to develop self-awareness and learn how to regulate emotions
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10:30-11:30 - In2G8Mental Health
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11:30-12:15 - How dealing with uncertainty, feelings of inadequacy and significant turning points can be a good thing!
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13:00-14:00 - Workshop - How reflective practice is useful with work placements
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14:00-15:00 - How to get yourself published?
Local Stage
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13:00-16:00 - Psychology and Counselling Skills In Action – University of Derby
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14:00-16:30 - Coffee with psychological professionals and alumni - Liverpool John Moores University Local Event
As part of our ongoing relationship with Senate House Library we are pleased to be able to offer FREE access to this day, for those who would like to attend online, using the code SHLBPSRESEARCH.
Check out the new titles related to psychology which have been added to the Senate House Library.
Main Stage - Senate House Library and BPS Joint Researchers Event
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10:00-10:30 - Welcome to SHL and BPS Research Day
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10:30-11:30 - Beyond Open Science
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11:30-12:30 - Research in challenging times
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12:30-13:00 - Lunch
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13:15-14:00 - Keynote - The impact of psychological research - Dr Julie Bayley
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14:00-14:45 - Researchers Round Table
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14:45-15:30 - Expert Tables Networking Session
_ Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology
- Qualitative Methods in Psychology
- Ethics
- Getting Published
- Libraries and archives
- Keeping-up-to-date with research & Systematic literature reviews
- Refining your research topic and constructing search strategies
- Using AI in research: challenges and opportunities
- Science resources at the British Library
- The Psychology Testing Centre
- Making the most of psychological databases
- Peer-to-peer advice - Speakers from todays sessions - 15:30-16:00 - Thank you and goodbye
Main Stage - Psychological Professions Day
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11:30-12:15 - Keynote: Where are the Psychological Professions headed? - Adrian Whittington"
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13:30-15:00 - The Clinical Associate in Psychology Role - The What's and The How's
Pathways Stage
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10:00-11:00 - A 'Day in the life of' a Psychological Professional within the NHS
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12:00-12:30 - A 'Day in the life of' a PWP and mental health advisor
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12:30-13:00 - Recorded Session - A day in the life of an Education Mental Health Practitioner
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15:00-15:30 - What does an Education Mental Health Practitioner really do?
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15:30-16:15 - A day in the life of a Clinical Associate in Psychology Trainee
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16:30-17:00 - Recorded Session: The day in a life of a Youth Intensive Psychological Practitioner
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5:00 - 5:30pm - Recorded session: How a PWP role can lead to psychology doctoral training!
Learning Stage
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13:00-13:45 - The DClinPsych application breakdown – everything you need to know
Local Stage
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11:00-15:00 - Beyond the core professions: using your psychology degree for non-traditional psychology and other careers - University of East London
Main Stage
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10:00-11:30 - Division of Counselling Psychology - Pathways within Counselling Psychology
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12:00-13:00 - Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology Session
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14:30-15:30 - Closing Ceremony with Natalie Billing & Keynote - Dr Tara Quinn-Cirillo
Pathways Stage
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10:00-10:30 - Working in a University Wellbeing Team
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12:00-12:30 - Educational Psychology - My career journey
Inspirations Stage
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10:00-10:45 - A 'day in the life of' a probation services officer.
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11:00-11:45 - Media Psychology, what's it all about!?
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12:00-12:45 - How to gain work experience as a Psychology student!
Will I receive a link for the event?
Yes! You will receive a link nearer to the time of the event, which gives you full access to our online conference platform called Remo where the festival is being held! You only need this one link and you will be able to access all sessions planned across the line-up.
Do you offer any discounts on registration?
Yes, we offer both BPS member discounts and student discounts on registration. We also have a free concession rate for those who are unable to pay. Please email [email protected] to find out more information.
Can I purchase multiple registrations?
Yes, you can purchase up to 10 registrations, but you will need to complete an order form for each registrant so we can collect the appropriate data. For bookings over 10, or for institution bookings, please contact the organiser.
Where can I find information about the event schedule and agenda?
We will be updating both our website, this event listing and emailing all of our registrants when we have further details in regards to the schedule. We hope to have a full schedule list by September.
How do I log into the virtual platform/attend the event?
Our event will be hosted on an online platform called Remo. You will receive a link through email, and this link gives you access to an online platform. You do not need to download any software for this, as the platform is hosted through the internet.
How many sessions can I attend?
You can attend as many sessions as you like - the conference is open to you to attend as many or as little sessions as you prefer.
Is the event being recorded?
Yes! We endeavor to record as many sessions as possible depending upon permissions. Any sessions that you miss will be shared with you afterwards.
How can I ask questions at the virtual conference?
You will have the ability to use a Q&A function, as well as put your hand up, respond via emojis and even go on stage to join the speakers themselves!
